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grillage
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gril·lage  (grlj)
n.
A network or frame of timber or steel serving as a foundation, usually on ground that is wet or soft.

[French, from Old French, trellis, from greille, gridiron; see grill.]

grillage [ˈgrɪlɪdʒ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) an arrangement of beams and crossbeams used as a foundation on soft ground
[from French, from griller to furnish with a grille]


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For the air conditioning ductwork, the existing mechanical ventilation system and grillages in the Domed Reading Room were utilised as the first priority and augmented by additional supply and returns in the Annulus areas.
In all, 95 tons of steel was consumed in just fabricating the grillages on which the unit rested.
With their 300mm square grillages, the screens, made of treated pine, are clearly an abstraction of the Middle Eastern mashrabiya, the traditional wooden screen that protects windows from the sun and from intrusive glances, while allowing air to circulate and inhabitants to look out.
 
 
 
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